Dry: A Memoir
In "Dry," a follow-up to his shocking and hilarious childhood memoir, "Running with Scissors," Augusten Burroughs recounts his introduction into recovery from alcoholism. The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters
After reading Timothy Schaffert's latest work, "The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters," there is no doubt that Schaffert is a fantastic short story writer and the fact that he won one of the highest honors for his genre...
The Woman Who Found Grace
Johnson's third novel in The Woman Who series, The Woman Who Found Grace, strikes me as a book straddling the line between genre mystery and literary whodunit. That's a tough line to straddle, no doubt about it... Appleby House
Appleby House-the true story of a house rented out in 1984 London that involves such exciting things as cooking, cleaning, rearranging furniture, paying for bath water, secretarial work…and well, not too much else... Ten Little Indians
“Nine is a much funnier number than eleven,” explained Sherman Alexie in a recent book signing for Ten Little Indians, a collection of nine contemporary Native American tales. To Live
"To Live" is an epic and heartbreaking journey spanning four decades of recent Chinese history. It begins in the 1930s around the time of China’s second war with Japan and continues into the late 1970s reform era. In between, Hua weaves great sorrow and struggle for Fugui and his family through the tempestuous Chinese Civil War, The Great Leap Forward, and The Cultural Revolution. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Upon reading only a couple of the essays collected in "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," I knew two things immediately: her voice is one of an unbiased observer who doesn't judge, but merely collects people, places, events, information and structures them so that they are compellingly readable. Secondly, Joan Did ion's prose is some of the most artfully arranged I have ever read. Beemer (TM)
Glenn Gaslin's first novel, Beemer (TM) is a fresh, though perhaps too non-confrontational exploration of the media cultural landscape seeping into our collective mindscapes... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Does it hold up to all the hype? Does it give justice to the literary legends that the first books have already become? Can it be understood if you haven't had the time to wade through the tree trunk's worth of previous stories? And the verdict is YES! Tilting: House Launching, Slide Hauling, Potato Trenching...
Eight miles off the Eastern coast of Newfoundland, Canada lies Fogo Island, an inconsequential spot of land 15 miles in length and 9 miles wide. Tilting is one of 11 remote communities on the island. It is a community of about 350 Irish descendents who fish and farm this harsh landscape the way their families have for generations... I Sleep at Red Lights
“I Sleep at Red Lights” is Bruce Stockler’s account of the maelstrom that ensues when a couple become the parents of triplets plus one. It recounts the transformations a father undergoes beginning with the revelation that his family is about to triple in size and traversing through an unbearable pregnancy into the surreal and sleepless wonderland that is parenting multiple-birth infants. "Monkey Dancing" by Daniel Glick
Dan Glick brings us into a healing journey during which he and his children rediscover each other and reawaken the ties between them. In the wake of their own loss, and in his attempt to impart his conservationist values to his children, he leads the reader on a world tour of global loss, thus sparking conversation about our role in the global community. "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey
"A Million Little Pieces," is a memoir of Frey's time at Hazelden, of his struggle with addiction. In a writing style that is as stark as the experiences it recalls, Frey walks his readers through the daily reality of his withdrawal from alcohol and crack-cocaine, among other substances. "Sounds of the River" by Da Chen
"Sounds of the River," the second of Da Chen's memoir trilogy picks up where his best-selling "Colours of the Mountain" left off, at the beginning of his Beijing University days. "Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It" Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer is a man who "lives in London where he spends much of his time wishing he lived in San Francisco." That's what it says on the jacket of "Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It," and it's exactly the feeling of restlessness one gets from Dyer's most recent book. "Fluke" by Christopher Moore
Nate's obsession with the meaning of humpback song has gotten him into trouble in the past, but never like this. A chance encounter with a whale with disturbingly peculiar markings on its flukes and a predilection for pastrami on rye sets these four mismatched companions on an increasingly bizarre adventure that can only culminate in a showdown with the origins of life on earth itself. "Jennifer Government" by Max Barry
The planet is run by huge American corporations; the government has been marginalized to such an extent that it is unable to quell the war stirring between rival corporate loyalty programs; and elementary schools are sponsored by the likes of Mattel and McDonalds. "London Orbital" by Iain Sinclair
London's M25 highway was voted number one in the BBC's "seven horrors of Britain." It is a 122-mile, 10-lane ring of smog heat, and angry motorists that encircles the city. It is the very essence of all that is wrong with urban sprawl. Hardly the stuff of ordinary literary exploration. "The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002" by Dave Eggers
The latest edition to Houghton Mifflin's Best American Series, "The Best American Nonrequired Reading" flaunts Dave Eggers as its editor, whose bestselling memoir, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," which in 2000 turned him into an overnight pop-cultural icon.
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